Top leaders of the major three political parties in the Constituent Assembly (CA) - Unified CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and UML - have agreed to postpone the 17th round of election for the post of prime minister, which was scheduled to be held at the parliament today.
During the third round of 'decisive talks' to sort out the contentious issues in peace process, constitution drafting and government formation at Gokarna Forest Resort, Monday, the top leaders of the major three parties decided to hold the 17th round of election for the post of prime minister on November 19.
The leaders also reached a tentative agreement to bring budget after holding further discussion on the issue. They have also decided to hold the next round of three-party talks on November 18, according to a joint statement issued by Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, CPN-UML chairman Jhala Nath Khanal and Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala.
During the third round of 'decisive talks' to sort out the contentious issues in peace process, constitution drafting and government formation at Gokarna Forest Resort, Monday, the top leaders of the major three parties decided to hold the 17th round of election for the post of prime minister on November 19.
The leaders also reached a tentative agreement to bring budget after holding further discussion on the issue. They have also decided to hold the next round of three-party talks on November 18, according to a joint statement issued by Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, CPN-UML chairman Jhala Nath Khanal and Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala.
In the meeting, NC proposed that its prime ministerial candidate Ram Chandra Poudel be declared the new prime minister unanimously, something which other parties immediately turned down.
Earlier, UML leader Bharat Mohan Adhikari, a member of the talk team, informed before the start of the meeting, that today's talks would be focused on army integration and new government formation.
But it was not known whether the top leaders of the major three parties reached any agreement on those issues.
Apart from UML chairman Khanal, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and minister for home affairs Bhim Bahadur Rawal also participated in the meeting.
At least five leaders each from the three parties took part in today's meeting, Nepalnews has learnt.
UCPN (M)'s team, which was headed by chairman Puspha Kamal Dahal, comprised three vice-chairpersons, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Mohan Baidhya and Narayan Kaji Shrestha, and general secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa and politburo member Dev Gurung.
The Nepali Congress team consisted of party president Sushil Koirala, senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, parliamentary party leader Ram Chandra Poudel and central committee member Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat.
The leaders have already met twice before in similar manner without much progress.
First, they held the talks at Hattiban Resort, Pharping on November 5 and 6, which created much media hype. Then, they held the second round of talks on November 10 at Gokarna Forest Resort on November 10.
Like in previous talks, journalists have not been allowed near the venue, saying that the meeting is "highly secretive".
Although, leaders have been claiming they are close to a consensus, they have not revealed the details of the progress.
The major dispute is on the formation of the new government, it is learnt. Both the Unified CPN (Maoist) and Nepali Congress have staked claim to government leadership.
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